Issue 23, 2023

A TiO2 nanorod and perylene diimide based inorganic/organic nanoheterostructure photoanode for photoelectrochemical urea oxidation

Abstract

Visible light-driven photoelectrochemical (PEC) urea oxidation using inorganic/organic nano-heterostructure (NH) photoanodes is an attractive method for hydrogen (H2) production. In this article, inorganic/organic NHs (TiO2/PDIEH) consisting of a N,N-bis(2-ethylhexyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (PDIEH) thin layer over TiO2 nanorods (NRs) were fabricated for the PEC urea oxidation reaction (UOR). In these NHs, a PDIEH layer was anchored on TiO2 NR arrays using the spin-coating technique, which is beneficial for the uniform deposition of PDIEH on TiO2 NRs. Uniform deposition facilitated adequate interface contact between PDIEH and TiO2 NRs. TiO2/PDIEH NHs achieved a high current density of 1.1 mA cm−2 at 1.96 VRHE compared to TiO2 NRs. TiO2/PDIEH offers long-term stability under light illumination with 90.21% faradaic efficiency. TiO2/PDIEH exhibits a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 0.52%. This outcome opens up new opportunities for inorganic/organic NHs for high-performance PEC urea oxidation.

Graphical abstract: A TiO2 nanorod and perylene diimide based inorganic/organic nanoheterostructure photoanode for photoelectrochemical urea oxidation

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 May 2023
Accepted
25 Oct 2023
First published
09 Nov 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2023,5, 6670-6677

A TiO2 nanorod and perylene diimide based inorganic/organic nanoheterostructure photoanode for photoelectrochemical urea oxidation

J. Bezboruah, D. Mayurdhwaj Sanke, A. Vinayakrao Munde, P. Trilochand Bhattad, H. Shekhar Karmakar and S. S. Zade, Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 6670 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00294B

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